International Monetary Fund forecasts stronger global growth
If realised, the growth rate will outdo last year's 6.7 per cent, which was China's slowest pace of expansion since 1990. The IMF now predicts South Africa's economy to grow just 0.7% by the end of 2017 - down from original forecasts of 1.0%.

Trump says he has confidence in Tillerson
This is not the first time Kelly has been at odds with Trump since he was appointed chief of staff in July. Mr Tillerson was reported to have described the president as a " moron ".

Texas Tech University police officer shot and killed
Daniels is charged with capital murder and is being held in the Lubbock County Dentention Center in lieu of $5 million bond. The student fled on foot - again, raising questions about security inside the stationhouse - but was caught by 9:34 p.m.

Assassin's Creed Origins has undead mummy DLC
This second expansion gives us another bump to the level cap and adds a few new ways for Bayek to kill his foes. Or you could always purchase the Assassin's Creed Origins Gold Edition that includes the Season Pass for $110.

No Lionel Messi and no Cristiano Ronaldo?
South American World Cup qualifying is going down to the wire and two of the world's finest players are set to play a major part. Ecuador had a solid run in this CONMEBOL region, now eighth with 20 points but its World Cup aspirations are already over.

What Joel Embiid's max rookie extension means for the Sixers
Embiid averaged 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.5 blocks in 25 minutes per game in his 31 starts last season. He finally made his National Basketball Association debut last season but played in just 31 games due to a knee injury.

Iceland becomes smallest country to qualify for World Cup
The hardest thing was to get going again after our massive party in France, but we decided that we were just going to finish this. All Iceland needed to do was defeat last-placed Kosovo at home to clinch a berth at Russian Federation 2018.

Sharifs sons to skip anti-corruption court hearing?
Safdar, who was arrested soon after midnight, was expected to be released after his NAB court appearance with Maryam this morning. The judge barred Safdar from leaving Pakistan without its permission but rejected the NAB's request to confiscate his passport.

"I'll never forget. She called me in a panic: "They're taking me in for an emergency surgery. I felt so helpless". "There was nothing I could do". Nick admitted that he was "petrified" during that time, but that the experience made the couple even closer.

From the outside, Nick and Vanessa Lachey have the flawless little family, but the couple revealed that their journey has been a scary and emotional one.

Last week Maksim Chmerkovskiy skipped his Dancing With The Stars performance after a rumored personality clash with celebrity partner Vanessa Lachey.

Watch Vanessashare her story in the full clip above.

Phoenix, nearly a year old now, is healthy and at home with his brother Camden and sister Brooklyn.

Vanessa and Maksim performed to a song sung by Nick, who is also competing in this series, on Monday's show and it was a track that helped the couple through some "really though times" and bond as a family.